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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae
Bibliography of the genus Chamaelycus
Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae








Genus
Chamaelycus

African Banded Snakes

Afrikanische Bandnattern

Afrikanske Båndsnoge

1919 Chamaelycus Boulenger (type species: Chamaelycus christyi Boulenger 1919)
1933 Oophilositum Parker (type species: Alopecion fasciatum Günther 1858; syn. Williams & Wallach 1989)
Contents: 3 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Equatorial Africa.
Reported from: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

Chamaelycus christyi

Congolese Banded Snake, (Christy's Banded Snake)

Kongolesische Bandnatter

Congolesisk Båndsnog

1919 Chamaelycus christyi Boulenger
Lycophidion christyi Laurent 1956

Distribution: Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa.


Chamaelycus fasciatus

Ituri Banded Snake, Banded Dwarf Wolf Snake

Ituri-Bandnatter

Ituri-båndsnog

1858 Alopecion fasciatum Günther
Lycophidium fasciatum Boulenger 1893
Lycophidion fasciatum Schmidt 1923
Oophilositum fasciatum Parker 1933
Chamaelycus fasciatus Witte 1963
1902 Lycophidium werneri Mocquard (Angel 1934; Chippaux 2001)
Oophilositum werneri Bogert 1940
Chamaelycus werneri Witte 1963

Remarks: Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014) treated werneri as a separate species, but without discussion. A record from Senegal (Condamin & Villiers 1962) represent a misidentified Lycophidion albomaculatum (Trape & Mané 2006a).
Distribution: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.


Chamaelycus parkeri

Kivu Banded Snake, (Parker's Banded Snake)

Kivu-Bandnatter

Kivu-båndsnog

1934 Oophilositum parkeri Angel
Chamaelycus parkeri Broadley 1998

Distribution: Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa.